by Todd Kimm | Apr 9, 2024 | Sports
New Drake basketball coach Ben McCollum has gone to work rebuilding the Bulldog roster. The native of Storm Lake spent the past 15 years at Northwest Missouri State and won four Division II national championships. He takes over a Drake program that enjoyed six...
by Todd Kimm | Apr 3, 2024 | Sports
Iowa senior guar Caitlin Clark was named Naismith national player of the year. Clark is the first player to win this award in consecutive seasons since UConn’s Breanna Stewart (2014-16). The national player of the year recently led the Hawkeyes to their second...
by Todd Kimm | Apr 3, 2024 | Sports
Iowa baseball coach Rick Heller wants more innings and fewer pitches from his starting staff as the Hawkeyes get set to host Michigan in a three-game Big Ten series beginning Friday. In 21 combined starts, Brody Brecht, Marcus Morgan and Cade Obermueller are averaging...
by Todd Kimm | Apr 1, 2024 | Sports
Ben McCollum, architect to the most successful men’s college basketball dynasty of the last decade, was named men’s basketball head coach at Drake University, Athletics Director Brian Hardin announced on Monday, April 1. A native of Storm Lake, Iowa, McCollum arrives...
by Todd Kimm | Mar 25, 2024 | Sports
Darian DeVries has been named the head coach at West Virginia University. At the helm of the Drake men’s basketball team, DeVries compiled a record of 150-55 leading the Bulldogs to six straight 20-plus win seasons and four consecutive 25-win seasons for the first...
